Incinerator.



J. GONLEY.

INCINERATOR.

APPLIGATION FILED 311111126, 191s.

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J. CONLEY.

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APPLICATION FILED JUNE 26, 1913.

Patented Apr. 21, 1914.

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JOSEPH CONLEY, 0F .ANiADAR-KO, OKLAHOMA.

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To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOSEPH Conner, av

citizen of the United States, residing at Anadarko, in the county of Caddo and State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new` and useful Improvements in Incinerators, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in incinerators, and the object of my invention is to provide an` incinerator built on the unit system, and

with one or more furnaces in each unit, and l all connected to asingle stack.

A further object of my invention is to provide an incinerator of this type which will give complete combustion of the gases generated, and by which the cost per ton of incinerating garbage and other refuse is of parts, the preferred form of which willA be first described in connection with the accompanying drawings, and then the inven' tion particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings wherein the same part is designated by the same reference numeral wherever it occurs, Figure 1 is a vertical section through an incinerating plant constructed in accordance with my invention, and Fig. 2 is a horizontal section through the construction shown in Fig. 1.

5 designates the stack which may be ofany desired height, and which may be provided at its base with a grate 6, on which a fire may be maintained when necessary, to complete the combustion of the gases. I also provide a stoke hole 6 for the lire in the grate 6.

7 designates a chamber into which all the furnaces empty, the chamber being connected to the stack by a flue 8. If desired a boiler 9 may be inserted in the flue 8 to utilize a portion of the heat passing therethrough, and which would otherwise be wasted.

10 and 11 designate a pair of furnaces located on one Side of the chamber 7, and 12 Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led Tune 26, 1913.

Patented Api'. 21, 1914.

Serial No. 775,994.

and 13 a second pair of furnaces located on vthe other side of the chamber 7. Each of these furnaces comprises a grate 14, stoking openings 15, a partition wall 16 which divides the furnace into two chambers, coniprising the combustion chamber 17 and a -secondary chamber 18. The chambers 17 and 18 are connected through the partition 16 by a pair of fines 19, 20, the flue 19 being provided with a damper 21 and the flue 2O with a damper 22. i

23 is the garbage or refuse supporting bridge onto which garbage or other refuse may be dumped through a man hole 24 in the top of the furnace, said manhole being provided with a cover 25. The bridge 23 is inclined from the rear toward the front of the furnace, as shown.

Between the rear wall of the secondary chamber 18 and the chamber 7 is a partition wall 26, provided with flue openings 27, 28 therein, theiiue opening 27 being pro vided with a damper 29, and the line open ing 28 with a damper 30. These two open 'ings extend through the partition wall 26 above thev levelof the licor 31 of the chamber 7. I also provide, below the floor 31, a third flue opening 32, having a damper 33 therein. The ioor 31 is provided at its front portion with a grate 34.

In operation as many of the furnaces 10, 11, 12 and 13 are started as may be necessary, and a charge of garbage or other ref- -the dampers 29 and 30 remain closed. lThe products of combustion from the grates will now pass over the garbage on the bridge into the secondary chamber 18, and thence through the flue 32, through the grate bars 34, on which a re is also built, and thus to the stack. This will insure the complete combustion of all the gases. After the refuse has become dried out and partially incinerated upon the bridge it can, through the openings 35 and 36, be brought down onto the grate section 14, and the solid sections 37, 38, on each side of the grate section. The damper 21 can now be closed, the damper 22 opened, when the gas will pass directly to the stack through the grate 34, without however passing over the bridge 23. The new charge of refuse can now be dumped in through the manhole 24 upon the bridge 23, and the heat of the burning refuse on the grates utilized to assist in the drying out of the fresh charge of gar bage. If no fire is used on the grate 34, then the damper 33 can be closed, and the damper 29 or 30 opened, depending upon whether the damper 21 or 22 is open. The chamber 7 into which all the furnaces empty is heated to a very high heat, and as a consequence it can be used for the cremation of dead animals, and it is desirable, when it is being used as a crematory, that oil burners 39 be turned on to further increase the heat in the chamber 7.

From the foregoing it will be seen that a plant constructed in accordance with this invention can be economically operated for varying amounts of refuse to be disposed of by using only a portion of the furnaces, and that the wet garbage is not dumped directly onto the furnace fires and consequently does not smother them, as would be the case were the garbage charged directly onto the fire. Furthermore by the dampers and ues which I have provided it is possible to handle the gases given o by the refuse in such a way that they will be entirely consumed before passing out of the stack.

I am aware that considerable variation is possible in the details of construction herein shown and described, without departing from the spirit of my invention, and I do not intend to limit myself thereto, except as pointed out in the following claims, in which it is my intention to claim all the novelty inherent in the structure shown and described as broadly as the state of the art will permit.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to .secure by Letters Patent is:

l. In an incinerator the combination with a stack, a chamber connected with the stack, a plurality of furnaces each of which is connected to the chamber by a plurality of fines, each provided with a damper, each furnace comprising a main chamber and a secondary chamber, a plurality of fines, each pro vided with a damper connecting the main and secondary chambers, a bridge located in the main chamber between the lines, and a grate located beneath the bridge.

2. In an incinerator the combination with a stack, a chamber connected with the stack` a plurality of furnaces, each of which is connected to the chamber by a plurality of lues, each provided with a damper, each furnace comprising a main chamber and a` secondary chamber, a plurality of lines each provided with a damper connecting the main and secondary chambers, a bridge located in the main chamber between the flues, a grate located beneath the bridge, and a sccond grate located in the first-mentioned chamber with one of the lues from the sccondary chamber connected to said first-mentioned chamber located beneath the last mentioned grate.

In testimony whereof I afix my si gnature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH CONLEY.

lVitnesses lJN0. E. lVnrru,

C. A. RmiNMILmin.

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